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- Middle English · inherited fromcoolwort
- English todaycolewort
Inherited from Middle English coolwort, coulwort, cole-wort, caule worte, equivalent to cole + wort.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
colewort
Today it means: A plant of the genus Brassica; now specifically, a Brassica plant without a head and used for food, such as kale. Full definition →
Middle English coolwort